I'm going on a "read-cation" next week with plans to read several upcoming books on my NetGalley shelf, so I was excited to get the Camp NetGalley welcome pack! I'm submitting a favorite review from last year as my entry to the Talent Show. This was a book by a new-to-me author published by a small press.

Love this. What a great idea and how fun this is going to be. Cheers to who ever came up with this idea!!!!!!! Sweet.

This is so much fun! I cant wait to sit and complete the bingo card for this one!

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I'm excited to try out Camp NetGalley! This is my first year and I love reading, so I'm excited to participate.

To me there is nothing more exciting that evokes the memories of my childhood like a summer reading challenge. The challenge at my library when I was in elementary school is what propelled me on my path to becoming a librarian.

This is such a fun idea to get people reading and checking out netgalley! I love the games and the set up of this event. I love that it includes diversity and opens people up to reading new genres and authors they may not have picked up before.

What an interesting, captivating edge- of- your seat tale! Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi has the undertones of Hades and Persephone but is woven deep in 15th century West-Africa.

Without any spoilers, I must admit that I liked the ending to Masquerade better than most Hades and Persephone retellings. The FMC is an absolute badass... Òdòdó, even after everything she's been through is kind and loyal. Yet she demonstrates decisiveness and violence when needed. I love that in the end, her history of subjacation, battle and strategy training, and sheer will aid her in securing her future.

I am in complete awe that this is a debut novel! It is so engaging and well written and has all the elements I'd expect out of a seasoned author. Just take all my monies now cause I'm already in line for her next book.

Thank you, NetGalley and Macmillan Audio, for an advanced copy of Masquerade in exchange for an honest review. It's definitely in my top five reads of 2024 so far! I'd also like to note that the narrator, Ariel Blake, did a stunning job. The rich tones of her voice and accent really were perfect for this story.

Here are the reviews I am proud of for the Talent Show:

The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos by: Melissa de la Cruz
-- https://www.instagram.com/p/C84mPsjgS4y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
--https://www.instagram.com/reel/C84pnnky_Os/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

The Darkness Within Us by: Tricia Levenseller
--https://www.instagram.com/p/C78Rd28AR-g/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Such a good idea to get readers engaged and build a community along the way! Looking forward to playing along!

As a relatively new reviewer on NetGalley, I’m super thrilled to attend CampNetGalley! I think the Bingo is a fun idea and can really motivate reviewers to read more. I love, love, love the reading journal provided by We Are Bookish and will be using that from now on to assist in tracking my reading. I look forward to checking out the Book Advocate toolkit once that’s available. I think if I were to offer a suggestion for next year’s camp it would be to offer some physical book giveaways. I love reading on my tablet but nothing will ever beat a paper/hardcover book. Call me old fashioned but I treasure my physical book copies.

I love the idea of this Camp NetGalley but had a lot of questions after reading this "book". Should we be posting the bingo board etc. on social media, like you do with other reading challenges like Summerween? How do we go about completing the bingo board? Is it by completing NetGalley books only? Do we get approved for books because we are part of the camp? Or do we have to wait to hear from publishers to approve us like usual which may take a good part of the month to hear back sometimes. Just some questions the book could give more information about.

I am so excited to do this. It looks fun and interesting. I look forward to doing more things like this

Fun way to get everyone involved for summer reading. Looking forward to each weeks special activities!!

Thanks for the Camp NetGalley Welcome Pack, I must say I have never played book bingo before and it sounds like fun. I really enjoyed The Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen and here's a section of my review. Using a real wartime village on the South Coast of England as her inspiration for The Rose Arbor, Rhys Bowen has created a story-line full of mystery, suspense, secrets, odd coincidences, unanswered questions, eerie feelings, lost memories, and great characters, one being a journalist Liz Houghton who joins the dots together and leaves no stone unturned in her search for the truth. Ms. Bowen has composed yet another five star read and I highly recommend.

The idea of Camp NetGalley is intriguing, but despite reading the entire packet thrice -- I still do not know the purpose is beyond providing extra badges and kudos to the reviewers. Some will not participate because they will fear it is a "requirement' to read specific books. Some will not participate because they fear it will require them to read more books in July than they can do.

Next year, provide MORE information about WHAT Camp NetGalley is in the advertising blurbs.

The packet states in week 1 to "play Camp NetGalley bingo". We are shown the bingo card yet no information is provided on how to play it, where on NetGalley, etc.

One of the action items is to "download" the bingo board yet NO INFORMATION is provided as to where to obtain. I've downloaded it per see when I downloaded the packet. Making your campers LOOK for information that should be readily available to them takes away from their reading and reviewing time.

If using the latest "journal' product for tracking reviews is required, then state that within the advertisement. I do not use the journal -- not because it isn't a good idea. It is. But I already have a method I use to track my NetGalley requests & reviews that works beautifully for me. If this is a requirement, then I won't ask to be a Camp member. HOWEVER, I strongly encourage you *NOT* to make it a requirement.

I strongly encourage that the *NEXT* packet for 2025 Camp NetGalley has a Beta review by readers (like me) *BEFORE* publishing. The lack of how and where to find the action items shown in the packet is discouraging.

I am a fan of the ***IDEA*** of Camp NetGalley. I am disappointed in the rollout. Too many questions after reading the packet (multiple times) and no answers. Thus my rating of just two stars.

I *will* not post this review on my bookreview website or on Goodreads.

Five stars. This seems interesting and am looking forward to Camp NetGalley. Need some s’mores and more words for this review.

I’m excited for Camp!! I think a way to make this better next year is to have a better way for other accounts to interact. But other than that I think this is a fun way to get people to read a bit more in a creative way.

Super excited to start this challenge! I love the variety of fun challenges listed in here, especially the prompts for the scavenger hunt in the social media accounts. This is bound to help me get back into reviewing and reading much more frequently. Thanks to NetGalley for the wonderful summer challenge!

This is such a fun idea and I downloaded the guide immediately! It will encourage me to write even more detailed and thoughtful reviews so I can share my best work for the talent show. I also like the weekly activities idea. I wish there were more physical things to do like the bingo sheet - maybe craft guides or something?

I’m excited for Camp NetGalley and I’m so glad I found this community.

This is such a fun way to encourage reading during July, when many people take their family vacations and may not be as motivated to read. I cannot wait to use this guide!